bowls
/boʊlz/
noun
- Round, deep dishes used for holding food or liquid.
- He poured cereal into two bowls for breakfast.
- She stacked the clean bowls in the kitchen cabinet.
- The set of mixing bowls came in three different sizes.
- A game played on a flat green lawn where players roll biased balls (bowls) toward a smaller target ball (the jack). Also called lawn bowling.
- She learned to play bowls during her vacation in Scotland.
- Every Saturday, my grandfather plays bowls with his friends at the park.
- Bowls is a popular sport in many Commonwealth countries.
- The ball used in the game of bowls or in bowling.
- The bowls rolled slowly across the green grass.
- He polished his wooden bowls before the tournament.
- Each player has two bowls to throw per turn.
Synonyms
verb
- Third person singular present tense of bowl: rolls a ball in bowling or in the game of bowls.
- She bowls every Thursday night with her team.
- My neighbor bowls in a local league.
- He bowls a perfect strike in the final frame.